Small claimed in 2016 that Rod Stewart played harmonica on the song, though Stewart said it was session musician Pete Hogman.
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The song continued to be popular years later, appearing in a 1985 episode of Miami Vice and in the Spice Girls’ 1997 movie Spice World.
Small’s version became an international hit and helped popularise the early Jamaican ska sound, which later influenced reggae and other music genres.Īccording to NME, she was honoured in 2011 with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander by the Jamaican government in recognition of her contribution to the development of the Jamaican music industry. The Guardian reports Small was 18 when she recorded the song, originally performed in 1956 by New York singer Barbie Gaye. "It was just incredible how she handled it.
“It became a hit pretty much everywhere in the world," Blackwell told the publication. and UK, and remains one of the best-selling ska songs of all time. The song sold more than six million copies, peaking at No. Jamaican singer Millie Small is dead at age 73, according to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.īlackwell, who originally produced Small’s 1964 smash hit My Boy Lollipop, told the Jamaica Observer that Small died in Britain from a stroke on Tuesday.
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